DeWayne Wickham: McCain uses Rice to relaunch the war on women

5:24 PM,
Nov. 19, 2012

DeWayne Wickham

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DeWayne Wickham
USA Today

The hawkish GOP senators have launched a pre-emptive strike against Susan Rice, the U.N. ambassador, who is thought to be a top contender to replace Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who is expected to soon quit her job as the nation's top diplomat.

With President Obama winding down the war in Afghanistan over their protests, McCain, R-Ariz., and Graham, R-S.C., have now opened a domestic front against the president's foreign policy by going after Rice. They couch their opposition to her in an overblown objection to Rice's ...